{"product_id":"the-chemistry-of-fire-essays","title":"The Chemistry of Fire: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gonzales (Flight 232)  a former National Geographic feature writer  proves himself a chronicler par excellence of natureincluding of the human varietyin this excellent essay collection. The psychological nuance and vivid detail throughout will dazzle readers.\" Publishers Weekly starred review  July 2020  In 1989  Laurence Gonzales was a young writer with his first book of essays  The Still Point  just published by the University of Arkansas Press. Imagine his surprise  one winter day  to receive a letter from none other than Kurt Vonnegut. The excellence of your writing and the depth of your reporting saddened me  in a way  Vonnegut wrote  reminding me yet again what a tiny voice facts and reason have in this era of wrap-around  mega-decibel rock-and-roll.  Several books  many articles  and a growing list of awards later  Gonzales -- known for taking us to enthralling extremes  is still writing with excellence and depth. In this latest collection  we go from the top of Mount Washington and the worst weather in the world  to 12 000 feet beneath the ocean  where a Naval Intelligence Officer discovers the Titanic using the governments own spy equipment. We experience night assaults with the 82nd Airborne Division  the dynamiting of the 100-foot snowpack on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park  a trip to the International Space Station  the crash of an airliner to the bottom of the Everglades  and more.  The University of Arkansas Press is proud to bring these stories to a new era  stories that  as with all of Gonzaless work  fairly sing with a voice all their own. (Chicago Sun-Times)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986346242101,"sku":"ByrdShop_1682261514","price":32.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-chemistry-of-fire-essays","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}